Fruit-shears.



* PATBNTED AUG. 1,` 1905;

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THOMAS A. RYLES, OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA.

FRUIT-SHEARS.

No. 7E 6. 1 50.

Specification of Letters Patent.

V Patented Aug. 1,1905.

.Application 'filed May 22, 1905. Serial No. 261,485.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known thatI, THOMAS A. RYLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pomona, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Shears, of which thev following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved fruitshears, the object of the invention being to provide shears or clippers 'for /cutting the stems of oranges or other fruit, so as not to injure the fruit.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurek 1 is a perspectiveview of the shears. Fig.v 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of the same. Figs 3 and 4L are enlarged detail sectional views on the lines 3 3 and 4. l of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, l 2 represent the blades of the shears crossing each other and pivoted together, as shown at 3, and eX- tended to form handles i 5. Said handles and blades normally open under the pressure of a compressed spring 6. A link 7, permanently attached to one of said handles'and engaging a hook 8 of the other handle, serves to hold said handles together when desired. v

The novelty of the invention consists in the peculiar form of the blades. The cutting edge of each bladeis formedwith a semicir-` cular portion 9, having a sharp cutting edge; but beyond or outside of said semicircular portion the edge is blunt or rounded, as shown at l0. Therefore the blades are incapable of cutting except at the semicircular parts 7 thereof. As shownin Fig.. 2, the blades are concave-convex in form. Hence the convex sides of the blade can be applied close to the fruit and the stem can be cut without injuring the fruit.

With clippers o f this construction the op- Y 2. Fruit-shears, the blades of which are concavo-conveX.l in form and have substantially semicircular recesses in their edges, said edges being sharp in said recesses but rounded or blunt at the sides of said recesse substantially as described.

In'witnesswhereof I have lhereunto set my hand in the presence of tWo subscribing WitnesseS.

THOMAS A. RYLES.

Witnesses:

GEo. W PIERCE, ALLEN P. NICHOLS. 

